Definition of "drillship" [drillship]

• Any vessel fitted with drilling equipment (noun)

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• "Transocean Ltd's Discoverer Enterprise drillship, which is receiving the oil through a pipe connected to the top of the containment cap at the wellhead, can process up to 18,000 barrels"
• "A drillship is a vessel equipped with a drilling rig that can stay in place for long periods of time while drilling, testing and completing offshore wells."
• "This is a bigger programme that we had factored in, and the implication was that if the Owo wells in particular are positive, the drillship might be kept there for further drilling."